Melissa D. Hartley West Virginia University Department of Special Education

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1 Melissa D. Hartley West Virginia University Department of Special Education Research Interests Using Virtual Realities for Skill Acquisition and Practice in Teacher Education Supply and Demand of Faculty in Special Education Using Data to Drive Instructional Decision Making in K-12 Education 2010 Doctor of Philosophy, (Education), Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and San Diego State University (SDSU), Master of Science (Emotional Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, and Varying Exceptionalities), Florida State University (FSU), Bachelor of Science (Emotional Handicaps, Learning Disabilities and Varying Exceptionalities), Florida State University, Associates of Art (Special Education), Tallahassee Community College, 4.0 Current Appointment Teaching Assistant Professor, West Virginia University (WVU), Department of Special Education, College of Human Resources and Education Dissertation Hartley, M. (2010). Special education doctoral students and graduates: Demographic and career choices changes over the past decade. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Publications Smith, D. D., Truong, A., Watson, R., Hartley, M. D., Robb, S. M., & Gilmore, R. (in press). An analysis of the office of special education programs leadership preparation initiative, Teacher Education and Special Education. Hartley, M., Ludlow, B. L., & Duff, M. C. (in press). Second Life as a tool for teaching collaboration skills in teacher education programs in special education. In B. L. Ludlow & B. C. Collins. (in press). Online in real time: Using Web 2.0 for distance education in rural special education. Pending publication by the American Council on Rural Special Education in Fall 2011.

2 Hartley, M. D., Ludlow, B. L., & Duff, M. (2011). Second life for special educators: Using virtual reality in a teacher education program. Proceedings of the American Council on Rural Special Education, American Council on Rural Special Education Hartley, M. D. (2008). Changes in age patterns among special education doctoral students. IRIS- West; San Diego, CA. Hartley, M. D. (2008). Special education doctorate career choices. IRIS-West; San Diego, CA. Grants Fall 2011 Discovery Research K-12 (DRK-12), National Science Foundation, NSF Currently collaborating with Drs. Sara Aronin, Sung Hee Lee, Jill Olthouse, and D.J. Piscano. In the proposal development phase Collected data for the Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment (SEFNA), The U.S. Department of Education s Office of Special Education Programs (Project #325U070001) supports this evaluation effort, which is being conducted at CGU. One aspect of the effort is to determine whether a sufficient supply of new special education doctoral graduates will be available to assume roles as teacher educators to meet the nation s need for highly qualified special education teachers, PI: Dr. Deborah Deutsch Smith. Presentations Collins, B., Ludlow, B., Pearl, C., Dieker, L., Glomb, N., & Hartley, M. D. Teacher education online in real time (Part 1): Teaching and learning. Teacher Education Division (TED) 2011 Conference, Austin, Texas, November Hartley, M. D., Ludlow, B. L., & Duff, M. From little knowledge of using second life to using it in teacher preparation courses: How vitual reality is being used in the classroom. Teacher Education Division (TED) 2011 Conference, Austin, Texas, November Hartley, M. D., Ludlow, B. L., & Devito, H. (2011). Using interactive virtual realities in teacher preparation. Teacher Education Division (TED) 2011 Conference, Austin, Texas, November Hartley, M.D., Ludlow, B. L., & Duff, M. (2011). Second life for special educators: Using virtual reality in a teacher education program. American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) 2011 Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 2011.

3 Pang, V., & Hartley, M. D. (2009). California Achievement Data: CAT/ California School Board Association Conference. Alvarado, J. A., & Hartley, M. D. (2009). Supporting General and Special Education Teachers in Teacher Directed Instruction: The Instruction Observation Form. Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2009 Conference, Charlotte, NC, November Hartley, M. D. (2009). Collaboration and Mean Levels of Burnout in EBD Teachers. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2009 Conference, Seattle, WA, April Hartley, M. D. (2009). Special Education Faculty Shortage: Who s Entering the Pipeline? Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2009 Conference, Seattle, WA, April Hartley, M. D. (2009). Collaboration and Burnout: Preparing Future Educators and Retaining Them. Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) 2009 Conference, Dallas, TX, February Hartley, M. D. (2008). Collaboration and Burnout Among Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2008 Conference, Dallas, TX, November Hartley, M. D., & Bruno, J. (2007). Renewing Hope Through Mentoring and Action Research: Rescuing Teachers from Burnout. Association for Teacher Educators (ATE) Conference, San Diego, CA, February Hartley, M. D., & Bruno, J. (2006). I m Not Making a Difference, So What s the Point? Addressing Teacher Burnout Through Self-reflection. Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference, San Diego, CA, November Bruno, J., Traore, R., & Hartley, M. D. (2005). Resistance to Multicultural Education by Pre-service Teachers: The Look and Feel. First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL, May Bruno, J., Traore, R., & Hartley, M. D. (2003). How Do We Reach Students Who Feel No Need to Understand Oppression? A Search for Answers. International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, San Francisco, CA, June 2003.

4 Research 2010 present Using virtual realities for skill acquisition, development, and maintenance in teacher preparation. Data Analysis Consulting work Graduate Research Assistant, Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment (SEFNA), The U.S. Department of Education s Office of Special Education Programs (Project #325U070001) supports this evaluation effort, which is being conducted at CGU. One aspect of the effort is to determine whether a sufficient supply of new special education doctoral graduates will be available to assume roles as teacher educators to meet the nation s need for highly qualified special education teachers, Dr. Deborah Deutsch Smith Graduate Research Assistant, Cleaning and analysis of large existing databases (approximately 5.5 million cases), Dr. Valerie Pang Graduate Research Assistant, Assisted with data collection for the SDSU Imperial Valley Special Education Credential Program, assisted with Credential Student Participant manuals, conducted full review of literature in culturally relevant pedagogy, data gathering and presentation of employment projections within education in CA, Dr. Jose Luis Alvarado Conducted a two-year at a comprehensive high school in San Diego, CA. Study investigated a way that teachers can reinforce themselves to prevent burnout. Study included a baseline burnout survey, utilization of reflective practices and documentation, three meetings per year with surveys regarding process FSU: Graduate Assistant & Research Assistant, Assisted Dr. Bruno in creating a Living and Learning Community for freshman interested in entering field of education, qualitative research with cohort groups, and developed assessments and rubrics, Dr. John Bruno FSU (undergrad & Master s): Research Assistant, conducted full literature review of spelling problems of students with disabilities, Dr. Barbara Edwards.

5 Teaching Fall 2011 Summer 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009 WVU: SPED 304, Special Education in Contemporary Society SPED 360 (2 sections), Differentiating Instruction SPED 663 (2 sections), Collaboration, Consultation, and Inclusion Strategies WVU: SPED 601 (2 sections), Academic Interventions for Students with Disabilities WVU: Course Development, SPED 664, Differentiating Instruction for English Language Learners with Disabilities WVU: Course redesign to incorporate virtual realities SPED 463 & 663 WVU: SPED 304 (2 sections), Special Education in Contemporary Society SPED 364, Educational Programming for Students with Special Needs SPED 463, Collaboration, Consultation, and Inclusion Strategies WVU: SPED 360 (4 sections), Differentiating Instruction SDSU: Teaching Assistant, ED 820, Advanced Educational Statistics, Planned lessons, delivered instruction, and evaluated student performance. Assisted students in learning SPSS, in forming research questions, in selecting appropriate statistics for data analysis, and in writing results for publication, Dr. Rafaela Santa Cruz. SDSU: Teaching Assistant, TE 646, Seminar in Educational Statistics, Planned lessons, delivered instruction, and assisted students with instrument development, Dr. Rafaela M. Santa Cruz. SDSU: Teaching Assistant, SPED 651, Legislation, Leadership & Management for Special Education, Dr. Jose Luis Alvarado Summer 2009 SDSU: Adjunct Faculty, SPED 501, Typical and Atypical Learning Processes (Educational Psychology) SDSU: Adjunct Faculty, SPED 502, Field Experiences in Special and General Education

6 Spring 2009 CGU: Adjunct Faculty, EDU 595, Leadership in Special Education CGU: Teaching Assistant, ED 466, Quantitative Research Practicum, Assisted students in deepening their conceptual understanding of educational statistics, developing an instrument, conducting a review of the literature, creating a database using SPSS, analyzing data, and writing the results, as well as planned and delivered instruction, Dr. David E. Drew. SDSU: Teaching Assistant, SPED 651, Legislation, Leadership & Management for Special Education, Dr. Jose Luis Alvarado Fall 2008 Summer 2008 CGU: Teaching Assistant, ED 465, Quantitative Research Methods, Assessed students in their conceptual understanding of quantitative research methods and assisted students with understanding of quantitative research methods, Dr. David E. Drew. SDSU: Adjunct Faculty, SPED 502, Field Experiences in Special and General Education SDSU: Teaching Assistant, SPED 681A, Advanced Study of Special Education & Mild to Moderate Disabilities, Dr. Jose Luis Alvarado CGU: Teaching Assistant, EDU 635, Special Education Issues, Trends, & Policy Development, Dr. Deborah Deutsch Smith Spring 2008 CGU: Teaching Assistant, ED 615, Professional Seminar for Special Education Doctoral Students, Dr. Deborah Deutsch Smith SDSU: Teaching Assistant, SPED 681A, Advanced Study of Special Education & Mild to Moderate Disabilities, Graduate Assistant, Dr. Jose Luis Alvarado SB-DRT (Site-based special education administrator), Department Chair of Special Education, Hoover High School, San Diego City Schools (SDCS), CA. Supported special education teachers in IEP compliance, instructional methods, and collaboration with general education teachers. Hand scheduled 232 students with disabilities based upon individual needs. Supported administration in master schedule, case manager assignment, student achievement data (Informal Reading Inventory & Brigance) of 232 students; collaborated with

7 feeder schools for successful articulation into the high school program; ensured that students are receiving their accommodations/modifications in regular education classrooms and in testing, & coordinated testing for students with disabilities Teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities, Hoover High School, SDCS, Special Education Department Chair. Utilized applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques to systematically increase/decrease behaviors. Identified target behaviors, conducted reinforcement sampling, identified function of behaviors, taught replacement behaviors serving same function, taught students to selfmonitor replacement behavior, plan for fading & generalization of replacement behavior. Collaborated with outside agencies to ensure students mental health needs were being addressed. Co-taught Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry & Physics Special Education Teacher (Algebra, Geometry, Learning Strategies), John F. Kennedy High School, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD. Co-taught Geometry FSU: Teaching Assistant, EEX 4212, Taught college students how to administer, score, and interpret educational assessments, Dr. Barbara Edwards Supervision of Preservice Teachers Fall 2011 Spring 2009 WVU: University Liaison for East Fairmont High School, supervision of interns in the Five Year Benedum Program, observations & evaluation SDSU: Student Teachers/Intern Supervision, assisted in lesson plan development, collaborated with the student teachers/interns and their master teachers, assisted in the use of research-based practices in classroom instruction, evaluated the performance of student teachers/interns, Dr. Angela McIntosh. Professional Development (Provided) Fall 2011 East Fairmont High School: Year-long professional development seminar in co-teaching, collaboration, and increasing student outcomes. Teachers participating in professional development

8 activities, practicing strategies from professional development, observation of strategies implemented, feedback and practicing implementation. Spring 2011 Rivesville Elementary/Middle: Co-teaching Models West Virginia Student Education Association (WV SEA): Experiences in Co-teaching C&I 680: Basics in Using SL in Education Service Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Special Education 2010-present Manuscript Reviewer for Teacher Education and Special Education 2010-present Faculty Sponsor of the West Virginia University Student Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2010-present Teacher Education Division, Political Action Liaison, present Council for Exceptional Children, 2012 Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer, Summer 2011 Advisory Board Member of the Children and Youth Action Network (CAN) of the Council for Exceptional Children, Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Kaleidoscope Proposal Reviewer for TED 2009 conference Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD) Proposal Reviewer for CEC 2009 conference SDSU Collaborative Grant Writing, Library funding for Schools within the City Heights Collaborative, 2008 Honors Phi Theta Kappa- International Scholastic Order for Two-year Colleges The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Invited to Pi Lambda Theta- International Scholastic Order for Undergraduate and Graduate students Outstanding School Volunteer Award from Leon County Schools Recipient of Margaret K. Lewis Scholarship for academic achievement Dean s List throughout educational experience Summa Cum Laude